DpnII restriction endonuclease family

DpnII
Identifiers
Symbol DpnII
Pfam PF04556
Pfam clan CL0236
InterPro IPR007637

In molecular biology, the DpnII restriction endonuclease family is a family of restriction endonucleases which includes DpnII from Diplococcus pneumoniae. These enzymes recognise the double-stranded DNA unmethylated sequence GATC and cleave before G-1, where it encompasess the full length of the protein.[1]

References

  1. Sekizaki T, Otani Y, Osaki M, Takamatsu D, Shimoji Y (January 2001). "Evidence for horizontal transfer of SsuDAT1I restriction-modification genes to the Streptococcus suis genome". J. Bacteriol. 183 (2): 500–11. doi:10.1128/JB.183.2.500-511.2001. PMC 94905. PMID 11133943.

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